WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alex Ovechkin recorded his 27th career hat trick and raised his career goal total to 698 during a five-minute stretch of the third period, rallying the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
Ovechkin, who is closing in on becoming the eighth player in NHL history to reach the 700-goal plateau, moved into the NHL lead with 40 on the season. He singlehandedly overturned a 2-1 deficit inside the final 6:10 of regulation.
ISLANDERS 4
STARS 3, OT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Beauvillier scored his second goal of the game 2:52 into overtime and the Islanders rallied to beat Dallas.
BLUE JACKETS 1 PANTHERS 0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Zach Werenski scored 1:54 into overtime and Columbus extended its points streak to nine games with a win over Florida.
Werenski picked up the puck off the right boards, circled around to the bottom of the circle and beat former teammate Sergei Bobrovski, who had made 45 saves to that point.
LIGHTNING 4
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Steven Stamkos tipped in his 24th goal of the season in the third period and led Tampa Bay Lightning over Vegas.
AVALANCHE 6
SABRES 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Andre Burakovsky had a goal and three assists for a career-best four points in Colorado's rout of spiraling Buffalo.
BRUINS 4
CANUCKS 0
BOSTON (AP) -- Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist, Tuukka Rask stopped 25 shots for his third shutout this season and Boston extended its winning streak to four games.
CANADIENS 5
DEVILS 4, SO
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Ilya Kovalchuk scored the only shootout goal and Montreal rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat New Jersey.
DUCKS 3
SENATORS 2, SO
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Rickard Rakell scored the shootout winner and Anaheim beat Ottawa.
BLUES 6
HURRICANES 3
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Brayden Schenn had two goals and an assist, Zach Sanford scored twice and St. Louis beat Carolina.
WILD 3
BLACKHAWKS 2, OT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Matt Dumba scored with 2:39 remaining in overtime to lift Minnesota past Chicago.
PREDATORS 2
JETS 1, OT
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Mikael Granlund scored 1:11 into overtime, lifting Nashville past Winnipeg.
Granlund's blast went high past goalie Connor Hellebuyck and gave the Predators their third win in the last four games.